Attempt to seizure an Orthodox church in Ukraine

November 1st, 2015. The representatives of the non-canonical Patriarchate of Kiev tried to take the church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, in the district of Dubno (Ukraine), as the information service of UOC Moscow Patriarcate reports.

On 8th April 2015, the Economic Court had recognised the rights of the Ukrainian Canonical Orthodox Church to this building. On the 2nd September of 2015, the Economic Court confirmed the rights of the canonical Church on the church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in this area.

Employees of the district department of the Interior Ministry arrived on the scene, after being informed by faithful. They could not interfere to the case. The believers protested on the road Kiev-Chop to express their discomfort with the practice of the Kievian Patriarchate. Due to the decisive action of parishioners, the regional police intervened in the situation and solved the conflict peacefully.

On 2nd November, 2015 in Dubno district the council held a round table with the participation of deputy chairman of the area A. Kozak, the members of the Holy Dormition community and representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate in order to discuss peacefully the issue.

Photo document from information service of UOC Moscow Patriarcate